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How far is that?
Lesson 15 of 22
Objective: SWBAT to describe relative distances of objects using scientific notation and the distance formula
Big Idea: It is easy to write numbers for amazing distances, but it is a challenge to find a way to make sense of these quantities.
Start Up
The basic question that we ask in this lesson is "how far is that?" We find different ways to quantify "far" by looking at time, distance, rate, and cost. We examine different objects in space and calculate how far that object is by understanding how long it would take to get there.
We start with a quick review of the formula distance = rate * time by asking a simple question:
An object is 100 kilometers away and you are driving 5 kilometers per hour. How long would it take you to get there?
The conversation is not just about the answer here, but about the relationship between distance, rate, and time. Students need to recognize that d = rt and t = d/r and r = d/r. Having this flexibility and understanding this fact family will help them navigate the questions we will ask them in this lesson.
The Andromeda Galaxy
Here we combine science and make believe. I show the class this image of the andromeda galaxy and then show them the image of this road bike. I ask, "how long would it take to ride this bike to that galaxy?"
Here the conversation takes on the imagined parts of this question, where students need to imagine that there is a way to simply ride your bike in space and we need to imagine that the speed on that journey has some type of average. I tell the class that a fast average speed accomplished by Tour de France riders is 28 mph or about 45 kph. Together we create the imaginary scenario for this problem and agree upon the imaginary speed the bike would take on to get there.
Whatever the speed, we know that the andromeda galaxy is about 2.5 million light years or 2.4 x 10^19 km from Earth. I give the students around 3 minutes to solve the problem and then we share.
I start with the bicycle problem because it avoids the need to calculate fuel. But I use the problem as an opportunity to start discussing variables in cost.
- What if we drove?
- What if we included the cost of food and gear?
- How does the problem change with each new parameter?
The goal is to get students ready for a future project in which they will model the cost of a trip to a far away place.
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Cars in Space
In this part of class, students pick two vehicles and one new object in space. They need to figure out how long it would take to drive to the Andromeda Galaxy and to new object with either vehicle. I also give them opportunities to calculate cost in terms of food, gas and repairs.
I print the vehicles and objects in space on cards and tape them to the board. Students pick one object and pick two vehicles. The cards are taped with the image side down. These keeps the choices somewhat random. The cards contains photos and distances in light years. The vehicles contain images and speeds in kilometers per hour.
The instructions for the activity are simple:
- How long would it take for your vehicle to "drive" or "travel" to each space destination?
- Round your speeds down by 1 km/h. Predict how much longer it would take to get your destination.
- Calculate how much longer it would take if you slowed your vehicles down by 1 km per hour. Compare this to your prediction. What are your thoughts?
- Could you figure how much this trip would cost?
Before the students begin, I ask them how they will solve these problems and what they need to know in order to be successful. When they mention something like, "we need to know how far a light year is," I give them the print out with that information. I give them a print out because I like to give them a sheet that I can collect.
- The sheet usually just has this image on it: Light Years to Kilometers
- For each object that is traveling, I save the speeds values in the file name. For example, the Thrust SCC travels at 1228 km per hour: 1228 km:h ThrustSSC
- I used these two sites to get all the objects (I have about 16, enough for each partnership in my class). All the objects are in the resource section.
- I used this list of fastest production cars:Fasted Production Cars
- I also used this list for vehicle speeds:Vehicle Speed Records
- The space destinations are also all included in the resource bin, with file names giving the name of the destination and the distance in Light Years. For example, the Orion Nebula is 1500 Light Years from Earth, so that file is saved as:1500 Ly Orion Nebula
I use about 8 destinations, but print out 16 copies so that each partnership can work on their own destination.
Resource Note: I tried to pick images that aren't heavy on black ink, but since each image is intense, I print out one set for all the classes to use and laminate the images. I set the printer to print at a reduced darkness to save ink as well. If ink is a major issue, just give them the numbers on the cards and display the digital images on the projector when you do your summary.
Sources for Eye Candy and other fun things:
- You can find wonderful images on the wired space photo series here. Many of the images don't include distances, but those are easy to search online.
- The Hubble Site is also fantastic and the source of many of our best in space images.
- My other "go to" source for space images is the NASA site
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The goal here is for the students to share their findings. I have few groups present and display the photos of their vehicles and space destinations and share results. I record their findings on a table for all to see and talk about the impact of speed on time.
Students are surprised to see the time differences in vehicles fairly close in speed. The idea is that these incredible distances magnify the impact of a small change in speed. This is a sharp contrast to our daily lives. If we are driving 5 miles with an average speed of 40 mph versus 50 mph, how much time would we save? Does this small change in speed have a big impact?
I end the discussing by discussing the resources I used to find these images (mentioned in the previous section here) and ask student to start thinking about their own comparisons for one of the projects in this unit (described in another lesson section here. The project is called "Long Distance Relationships.")


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Irwin L. Haynes died on Friday, May 11, 2012 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester at the age of 88 years.
Irwin L. Haynes died on Friday, May 11, 2012 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester at the age of 88 years. Visitation will be on Monday, May 14, 2012 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Sturm Funeral Home in St. James. Visitation will continue on Tuesday from 10 to 11 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in St. James. Memorial Services will be on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 11 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church in St. James with burial at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Arrangements are with the Sturm Funeral Home in St. James. On-line condolences may be left for the family at www.sturmfh.com.
Irwin LeRoy Haynes was born on December 4, 1923, the son of C.M. and Bertha (Perkins) Haynes. He graduated from Madelia Public High School in 1941. Irwin spent one year at National School in Los Angeles, Cal. for automotive and diesel repair. He completed the course with perfect attendance and perfect grades. He was enlisted in the U.S. Navy on December 13, 1944 and was honorably discharged on July 8, 1946. Irwin was united in marriage to Gladys Berndt on March 18, 1951 at the St. James Presbyterian Church. He was active in his community and was a 25-year member of the St. James Fire Department.
He is survived by his children, Alyce and husband Robert Collins of St. James, and Myron and wife Kathy Haynes of Oakdale; two grandchildren, Scott, and Dawn and her husband Jeremy; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife Gladys in March of 2009; daughter, Diane Haynes Malmgren in 1992; brothers, Jean and his wife Nina Haynes, and Franklin and his wife Lorraine Haynes; and a sister, M. Lorene and her husband John Arnold.

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Counterfactuals and Foreign Policy Analysis
Richard Ned Lebow
Counterfactuals seek to alter some feature or event of the pass and by means of a chain of causal logic show how the present might, or would, be different. Counterfactual inquiry—or control of counterfactual situations—is essential to any causal claim. More importantly, counterfactual thought experiments are essential, to the construction of analytical frameworks. Policymakers routinely use then by to identify problems, work their way through problems, and select responses. Good foreign-policy analysis must accordingly engage and employ counterfactuals.
There are two generic types of counterfactuals: minimal-rewrite counterfactuals and miracle counterfactuals. They have relevance when formulating propositions and probing contingency and causation. There is also a set of protocols for using both kinds of counterfactuals toward these ends, and it illustrates the uses and protocols with historical examples. Policymakers invoke counterfactuals frequently, especially with regard to foreign policy, to both choose policies and defend them to key constituencies. They use counterfactuals in a haphazard and unscientific manner, and it is important to learn more about how they think about and employ counterfactuals to understand foreign policy.
Party Identification and Its Implications
Russell J. Dalton
Early electoral research in the United States discovered the most important concept in the study of political behavior: party identification. Party identification is a long-term, affective attachment to one's preferred political party. Cross-national research finds that these party identities are a potent cue in guiding the attitudes and behavior of the average person. Partisans tend to repeatedly support their preferred party, even when the candidates and the issues change. Party ties mobilize people to vote to support their party, and to work for the party during the campaign. And given the limited information most people have about complex political issues, party ties provide a cue to what positions one should support. The levels of partisanship among contemporary publics, and how it varies across nations and across time, are described. The implications of these patterns, and the current research debates on the significance of partisanship for democracies today, are discussed.
Popular Understanding of Democracy
Doh Chull Shin
How well do people around the world understand democracy? Do they support democracy with an informed understanding of what it is? To address these questions, which have largely been overlooked in the literature on democratization, the World Values Survey and three regional barometer surveys are analyzed according to a two-dimensional notion of democratic knowledge. Their analyses reveal that a vast majority of global citizenries especially in post-authoritarian and authoritarian countries are either uninformed or misinformed about the fundamental characteristics of democracy and its alternatives. These findings contradict the popular theses that democracy is emerging as a universal value and it is also becoming the universally preferred system of government. For much of the world today, democracy represents little more than an appealing political symbol that still retains authoritarian practices.


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NEW YORK (AP) — The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey on Wednesday gave its support to a plan that would allow one of the world's largest cruise ships to sail out of Bayonne.
The agency's board of commissioners voted to approve a plan for Royal Caribbean to redevelop part of Bayonne's Cape Liberty Cruise Port. The redevelopment is aimed at accommodating Royal Caribbean's new Quantum of the Seas cruise ship scheduled to debut in the fall of 2014. The ship can carry 4,180 passengers.
Royal Caribbean would develop a new terminal and parking deck on the site, Port Authority commerce director Richard Larrabee said at the monthly board meeting. Larrabee said the agency, which acquired the Cape Liberty Cruise Terminal in 2010, would lose about $1 million a year in rent but would offset that with its share of passenger and parking revenue tied to the new ship.
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McHenry Historical Society goes retro with 1950s Christmas
Submitted by McHenry County Historical Society
The McHenry County Historical Society Museum, 6422 Main St. in Union, will hold its Holiday Open House from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1.
It will featuring another Dave Harms special Christmas exhibit. It's Christmas Eve in a 1950s living room somewhere in "My Town" McHenry County. Step into the room and be surrounded by the sights and sounds of that decade. Enjoy holiday music and old-fashioned homemade cookies. Area activities that weekend include the annual Marengo-Union Christmas Walk. Private homes are open for the sale of crafts, collectibles and antiques.
For details, call (815) 923-2267 or visit www.mchsonline.org.
Step back in time into a 1950s living room featuring a myriad memorabilia including bubble lights and heat-activated ornaments on the tree, a working Lionel train set, a fireplace with artificial crackling logs, a working "snow" machine, holly patterned china, vintage greeting cards and wrapping paper, extended-play 45 Christmas records.
Harms has put on holiday displays at the museum for the past six years has collected Christmas memorabilia since 1980. He's been a member of Golden Glow of Christmas Past, a worldwide club for collectors of antique Christmas items for more than 30 years.
"Christmas was a spectacular time for me growing up. It didn't get any better than that," said Harms of Crystal Lake. "My hope (for visitors) is this (exhibit) stirs memories up of what Christmas was like with their family and everyone leaves with a smile. Perhaps it will prompt someone to get out those old decorations from the attic."
A Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer fan as a child, Harms has collected numerous Rudolph antiques, such as radios, and has a wealth of books, advertising, music, toys and one-of-a-kind furniture from the 1950s and '60s.
Enjoy holiday music and old fashioned homemade cookies. For a donation to the society, bring your camera and take a picture seated and/or standing around a vintage sofa with the decorated stage as a backdrop. Other activities that weekend include the annual Marengo-Union Christmas Walk in which private homes are open for the sale of crafts, collectibles and antiques.
The display will remain up for viewing from 1 to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday during December, with the exception of Dec. 24, 25 and 31. It is available for viewing on the weekends and during January by appointment only. Call the historical society at (815) 923-2267 or online at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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OSLO, NORWAY AND CAMBRIDGE, UK – Feb. 14, 2006 – Beep Science, a leading provider of mobile Digital Rights Management (DRM) software, and ARM [(LSE: ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMHY)], today announced at the 3GSM World Congress, Barcelona, the availability of an Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) v2-compliant DRM solution based on the ARM® TrustZone® Software framework and API. The TrustZone Software API provides a common framework for secure application developers, reducing porting costs and enabling greater compatibility across multiple platforms.
By integrating the Beep Science OMA DRM Agent, mobile operators, service and content providers can protect their content property rights while ensuring high-quality downloaded content continues to drive revenue and profits. The ARM TrustZone technology is specifically targeted at securing a range of embedded and consumer products such as mobile phones, PDAs, set-top boxes including those running open Operating Systems (OS), such as Linux, Symbian OS and Windows CE. It contributes towards a reliable implementation of security critical applications and services such as network virus protection, VPNs and DRM. The TrustZone software framework provides application developers, OEMs and service providers with a robust and open security framework that facilitates interoperability and enables them to leverage their software investment in multiple market areas.
"Strong content protection technology enables high-quality content rights to be secured and ensures that digital content can be shared freely and securely across mobile phones, PCs and other consumer electronics," says Markku Mehtala, vice president of business development at Beep Science. "By enhancing our mobile DRM solution with ARM TrustZone technology, we can enable device manufacturers and operators to deliver rich mobile media content in all forms of devices that consumers expect."
"The OMA DRM standard is paving the way for a seamless DRM-enabled digital content ecosystem across consumer devices," said Lance Howarth, general manager, Embedded Software, ARM. "The ARM TrustZone Software greatly increases the robustness of DRM solutions and, together with Beep Science, we can enable the delivery of highly secure and advanced digital products based on TrustZone technology-enabled processors."
TrustZone software is available for licensing from ARM. TrustZone software implements the TrustZone software API which has been defined together with leading industry stakeholders. Partners are invited to join in the further development of the API. The Specification is available as a free, public and open standard for the promotion of interoperable security standards
The TrustZone Hardware extensions are present in the ARM1176JZ-S™ processor as well as the award-winning Cortex™-A8 processor. ARM also developed a complete solution around the framework including models, software development tools and system-level hardware IP.
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Beep Science AS is a leading provider of Mobile Digital Rights Management software solutions. Founded in 2000, the company represents one of the largest specialist resource centers into mobile DRM technology. Beep Science has its head offices in Oslo, Norway, and has Research & Development site in Szeged, Hungary. Beep Science operates in Europe, Asia and America. Beep Science is an independent software vendor providing client and server side DRM software products based on open industry standard from Open Mobile Alliance. The company's DRM vision is to support any content format, media player, operating system, device, network and content delivery platform with state of the art open standard DRM technology for both the client and server side. Beep Science has partnerships with leading technology providers and infrastructure vendors, and co-operates with leading software integrators and solutions providers in customer projects for end-to-end solutions. Beep Science has world-class brands in the Media and Telecom Industry as customers. For further information, please visit: www.beepscience.com.
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Chucks hit the glass hard in big win over Raiders
PUNXSUTAWNEY — The Punxsy Chucks' strong effort on the glass Monday night led to a big 60-37 win over the rival Brookville Raiders.
After falling 57-49 to Bradford Friday night, Punxsy head coach Dirk Neal was unsure how his players would respond to face Brookville Monday night.
"It was a real concern with players being players. We broke down the Bradford tape yesterday (Sunday), and addressed some issues to get better," said Neal. "We had a good practice and the guys were upbeat. We wanted to give a good effort and forget about last Friday."
Punxsy outrebounded Brookville, 38-16, with 12 of those coming off the offensive glass.
"We did a real nice job, both our big guys and guards. We were able to get to the basket. We talked about getting garbage points on our own, as we had a couple times we tipped to a teammate who scored," said Neal.
The Chucks (11-4/3-2 D-IX) attacked the basket all night and, as a result, got themselves to the free throw line. The Chucks made the Raiders pay once they got to the charity stripe, only missing one shot, hitting 16 of 17 free throws.
Tyler Young led all scores Monday night with 15 points, in addition to five boards and an assist.
Brandon Mancuso was not far behind with 14 points and three assists.
Cory Geer was tough in the low-post all night, scoring 14 points and forcing the Raiders' defense to commit fouls. Geer was nearly automatic from the charity stripe, hitting 10 of 11 free throws. He also grabbed five boards in the winning effort.
Devin Nicholson used his length to score eight points and haul in seven boards. Garrett Zimmerman added two points and tallied a team-high eight rebounds.
Michael Klingensmith scored three points off a corner triple, while Ryan Sloniger added two. Will Curtis also scored two points and tallied four rebounds in the winning effort. Zach Minich pulled in two rebounds on the defensive end.
The Raiders were led by sophomore point guard Tate Canavan, who scored nine points.
Nate Shirts scored eight points, with five points coming from the foul line. Jack Huggins scored six points off two triples, and Shawn Blochberger scored four.
Taite Truman hit a three, while Luke Frank and Conrad Schindler had two apiece.
Both squads came out slow Monday night, and Brookville was able to keep itself in the game for the first half.
Mancuso scored the first points of the night when he stole the ball at the opposing free throw line and went coast-to-coast for the lay in.
The Raiders (2-12/0-6 D-IX) tied the game at 2-2 with 2:50 left in the first stanza when Canavan answered with a layup of his own.
The Chucks then responded with seven straight points, capped off by a nice tip-in by Young to give Punxsy the 9-2 lead.
Brookville fired back with a jumper from Schindler, followed by a base line drive from Canavan to cut the lead to 9-6.
Young struck right back with a triple to push the Chucks' lead back to six to end the first quarter.
Mancuso opened the second quarter for the Chucks with five consecutive points off two made free throws and a triple.
With just over two minutes left in the second quarter, Punxsy had established a 24-14 lead. With 2:02 left on the clock, Brookville's Shirts got bumped on his way to the hoop and hit both free throws.
The Raiders scored the final points of the first half when Truman dished to Blochberger at the low post, who made a quick head-fake, then scored to cut the Chucks' lead to 24-18 before both teams headed into the locker room.
"We talked at the half that we were just standing around (in the first half). We did a much better job screening, taking high-percentage shots and taking care of the ball. Everyone stepped up in the (second) half," said Neal.
The third quarter indeed belonged to Punxsy, as they outscored Brookville, 20-6, with Young, Mancuso, Geer, Klingensmith and Sloniger all contributing.
The Raiders faced a 20-point deficit heading into the fourth quarter, which was too much for them to overcome. The Chucks went on to claim a 60-37 win over the visiting Raiders.
The junior varsity Chucks also bested the Raiders, 45-37, in a come-from-behind win.
Curtis' putback with 5:22 left in the fourth quarter tied the game at 31-31. Then with 4:47 left in the game, Sloniger made a clutch steal and took the ball all the way for the score to give the Chucks a 33-31 lead they would not give up.
Curtis led all JV scores with 18 points.
Sloniger scored 12 points, and Brandon Blose added seven.
John Matthews tallied five points, and Clayton Dale contributed three to help Punxsy seal the victory.
The Raiders saw a more balanced scoring attack with seven players contributing.
Cody Shaffer scored eight points, while Blochberger and Braiden Smith added seven apiece. Schindler tallied six points, Truman scored five, and Bryan Stamler had two points in the Brookville loss.
Punxsy will be off until traveling to face DuBois on Friday night at 6 p.m.


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LG recently announced the world's first dual-core phone, the Optimus 2X, but their press release made no mention of any availability in the United States. Back when we were still referring to the handset as the LG Star, one of our reliable sources told us the phone was headed to T-Mobile. Now another report from RCR Wireless is telling a similar story.
Sylvie Barak of RCR Wireless said "We have it on rather good authority that the US carrier for the phone will be T-Mobile" and we should expect a target release date of early March.
Previous leaks of the Optimus 2X showed the device was still running Android 2.2, but now Google has released the source code for Android 2.3 and you can bet that LG is already working on an update.
New information from one of our trusted sources suggest that T-Mobile will upgrade this phone to Android 2.3 by launch and that is the reason for the March release date. Other dual-core phones might be released by February (like the rumored timeframe for Motorola's Tegra 2 phones), but T-Mobile could be the first carrier to offer Android 2.3 out of the box.
If T-Mobile is going to announce the Optimus 2X soon, then it could happen in a couple of weeks at CES. They have a media event scheduled on January 6th and we know they will want to announce some new products that show off their 4G network. Given that the phone could launch in March, we might also see T-Mobile hold this LG device till CTIA, which starts on March 22nd.
Overall it looks like LG is putting together a solid high-end Android phone. It packs in all the latest hardware (dual-core Tegra 2 processor with GeForce GPU, 1080p decode/encode, HDMI out with full mirroring, front-facing camera) with the latest software so it's hard to complain.
How do you think LG's first superphone is shaping up so far? Are they missing any key features that are deal-breakers? Could this be your next phone is it comes to your carrier?


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Kcal 175 Fat 10.8g Fat(sats) 5.9g Carbs 17.4g (per 5 hearts)
With Valentines day only five days away its probably around the time that most people start thinking about what to gift that special someone they have front of mind. Lets face it - chocolates, flowers and a card are a recipe for success, they are the failsafe when it comes to Valentines. As I showed you all in the last few days, Hotel Chocolat have a stunning line up of products this year, fronted by the Melting Hearts selection which got some amazing reader feedback weekend just gone (See HERE). As good as Hotel Chocolat are, they aren't always an option for everyone given their limited availability and premium prices. I believe here is where the likes of Cadbury, Guylian, Nestle etc should come to all our rescue - providing a low cost, readily available product that will sweep our Valentines off our feet. Attempting to fulfil this very role, I put these new Cadbury Lots of Lovely Pralines to the test.
I bought this box of chocolates from Tesco on an introductory half price deal, £2.05 for a 187.0g box. I was a little embarrassed picking up this huge big heart shaped box knowing it was for my own consumption, but I thought Cadbury had done a decent job with the exterior design work - it reminded me a lot of the Thorntons Praline Melts chocolates (take a look HERE). What with the massive sized box I was hugely surprised when I lifted the lid and saw the chocolates inside - they looked ridiculously small, and there were around thirty of them at least. Small size aside, the heart shaped chocolates at least promised more in regards to their aromas, with comforting Cadbury chocolate scents making themselves known.
'Milk chocolates with a smooth hazelnut filling' - that sounds all good right!?? Well I'm going to let the 'cat out the bag' early and tell you they weren't. Issue number one was that the chocolate wasn't Cadbury's Dairy Milk. Now I know the average consumer probably wouldn't notice this, but speaking as someone who can instantly tell the difference between Dairy Milk and their inferior milk chocolate recipe I was disappointed to find the 14% cocoa solids chocolate had it's usual thinner melt and more sugar focused taste. Of course none of this would have mattered if it weren't for issue number two - the ridiculous 'praline' fillings. Excuse my bluntness, but boy was the so called 'praline' woeful. It lacked any sort of nuttyness, wasn't differentiated in texture, and frankly only just went to intensify the sweetness of the outer chocolate. These truffles were small and totally unsatisfying - I ended up throwing the majority of them in the bin.
Overall, prior to lifting the lid on the box things looked fairly good what with the reasonable price point and nicely designed packaging. Everything from there though took a sharp nose dive and I haven't even mentioned the gareish pink tray that the chocolates sat in (electric pink!! I should have got a photograph for you!). As you will have read above, the inner tray was the least of the problems - the actual chocolates were so under par for Cadbury. The non-Dairy Milk chocolate would have been far less of an issue had the praline centres not been woeful - unfortunately they were just as poor. If you are looking for a box of chocolates that will impress your Valentine this year, I would highly recommend you stay well clear of these Cadbury Lots of Lovely Little Pralines. These aren't going to impress anyone, not even the most diehard Cadbury fans.
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ENGL 347 Medieval Literature (1)
This course is a study of British literature from roughly A.D. 800-1500, the early and middle English periods. The survey will cover a range of authors and their works, including the Beowulf and Gawain poets, Chaucer, Marie de France, Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, and William Langland. Among other topics, we will examine form and genre; the recurring cultural, historical, and political issues the literature engages; how medieval literature anticipates and shapes modern and early modern literatures.
- Prerequisite: 100- or 200-level literature course.
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(925 Sterling Silver) Elegant Fashion Jewelry Necklace with High Quality Cubic Zirconia Crystal / Genuine Sterling Silver Gift for Love Key Lovers: Love Key Pendant Necklace (Gift Box is Available for Purchase during Check Out)
(Please watch below product video for more!)
Designed for elegant love key lovers like YOU! Genuine 925 Sterling Silver Nature Jewelry (Elegant Pendant Necklace) with High Quality Cubic Zirconia (CZ) Inspired by Mother Nature and Fairy Tale - This fairy tale themed fashion necklace is made of fine 925 sterling silver, plated with highly polished platinum and with high quality highly sparkling clear cubic zirconia crystals. This is is specially made for you, a gorgeous love key lover, or for someone who is particularly fond of fairy tale / elegant love key design as a nature gift idea for her.
Designed with a royal fairy-tale-theme love key, this fairy tale themed pendant necklace is definitely the best silver fashion jewelry nature necklace you ever have if you are a key pendant lover! No doubt it will be your best choice of cost effective gifts for any occasion, or as one of your personal key pendant jewelry collections! This platinum plated 925 silver necklace is definitely a must-have for nature lovers like YOU!
Come and check out this nature themed pendant necklace! This is 100% quality assured and you can hardly find it elsewhere. This is a definitely inexpensive yet high quality gift for your loved ones and yourself!
We are a social responsible business and our mission is to re-establish true value of a business to the society. Please spend a little bit time to read our "SUCCESS" model. Buy it now and we guarantee at least 30% of our profit will be contributed to the society (employee, poverty and church).
LoveBirdyAccessories (LBA) Brand
We carefully select the best themed design fashion costume jewelry from all over the World! Every piece of jewelry delivered to YOU is 100% quality assured. Hope YOU can enjoy the highest quality!
Material: Fine 925 Sterling Silver plated with Highly Polished Platinum, Top Rank Hand-cut Cubic Zirconia (CZ)
Color: Silver, as Shown in Pictures
Pendant Size: 10 x 35mm (approx)
Length: 460mm (18") (approx)
Style: Pendant Necklace
NOTE: Photographs are used only as a general indication of each item. Color may vary slightly due to different calibration of individual monitor. Please refer to the detailed description.
|1 mm
|0.0393 inch (approx)
|1 inch
|25.4 mm (approx)
|0.0022 lb (approx)
|1 lb
|453.6 g (approx)
Payment Policy
We believe PAYPAL is the fastest and easiest way to pay for your order.
If you would like to use another payment method, please leave us a message! We will try whatever we can do to make you happy!
Return Policy
You may return items within 60 days of purchase for exchange or full refund (item must be in original condition). We'll also pay the return shipping costs if the return is a result of our error (you received an incorrect or defective item, etc.).
You should expect to receive your refund within four weeks of giving your package to the return shipper, however, in many cases you will receive a refund more quickly. This time period includes the transit time for us to receive your return from the shipper, the time it takes us to process your return once we receive it (3 to 5 business days), and the time it takes your bank to process our refund request (5 to 10 business days).
We offer FREE International Shipping Internationally via Hong Kong Post Air Mail
If you would like to use other shipping method, please leave us a message! Again, we will try whatever we can do to make you happy!
Hong Kong Post Delivery Standard
|Shipping Destination
|Estimated Shipping Time
|6 - 17 business days
|Australia, United Kingdom
|6 - 8 business days
|7 - 12 business days
|6 - 7 business days
|4 - 15 business days
Please visit Hong Kong Post's website for details or estimated shipping time for other destinations.
NOTE: Import duties, taxes and customs fee are not included in the item price or shipping charges. These charges are the buyer's responsibility. Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to order.
Our mission is to re-establish true value of a business to the society. We promote social responsibility by showing to other businesses that we still can be big even contributing 30% of our profit back to the society. If you are satisfied with our service, please, support us to make it "Mission Possible".
We Guarantee
At least 10% of profit goes to staff in monetary form
At least 10% of profit goes to needy people
At least 10% of profit goes to church
100% satisfaction - Exchange / Full Refund if you are not satisfied


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